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Posted by on January 25, 2008, 11:06 am
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On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:29:04 -0800 (PST), andre_54005@yahoo.com wrote:
>The Goldburg way.
>
>Get some tin cans.
>Solder an overflow tube to each one.
>Hang them by wires from light switches.
>Put the switches in a frame as shown.
>Run water into the top can, when it gets heavy enough it will cause
>it's switch to turn on, and then as it over flows the process repeats
>with the next switch.
>
>*************************************************
>* _ *
>* | | *
>* | |/| _ *
>* |_| | | | *
>* | | |/| _ *
>*====== | |_| | | | *
>* __|__ | | |/| _ *
>* | |=== | |_| | | | *
>* | | __|__ | | |/| _ *
>* | | | |=== | |_| | | | *
>* |_____| | | __|__ | | |/| *
>* | | | |=== | |_| | *
>* |_____| | | __|__ | *
>* | | | |=== | *
>* |_____| | | __|__ *
>* | | | | *
>* |_____| | | *
>* | | *
>* |_____| *
>* *
>* *
>*************************************************
Dang, that is even better than the X-10 solution, or the Netflix
solution, where the computer keys on the first Netflix popup to start
the next bit of equipment, and so on.
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